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Jaguar Concept Speedboat complements XF Sportbrake

October 30, 2012

Jaguar introduced the Concept Speedboat at the drive event for the XF Sportbrake.

On Tuesday Jaguar unveiled a Concept Speedboat at the driving debut of the Europe-only Jaguar XF Sportbrake. Jaguar says it “showcases the design DNA of the manufacturer in a spectacular package.” We think it's another feather in the hat of design-guru Ian Callum.

"We recognize that both our existing and future customers enjoy diverse and active lifestyles. With the launch of the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake, we had an opportunity to create a vision of how our design philosophy might be applied to an alternative product in which speed and beauty are also priorities,” said Callum. "The Concept Speedboat looks powerful. It follows, in so many ways, the idea of a traditional speedboat but with the sleek and fast characteristics that you would expect from a Jaguar car."

Jaguar consulted with Seventy Seven Design on the project. It gets a gel coat, fiberglass hull and is finished with natural teak wood. A carbon-fiber fin, inspired by the Jaguar D-Type, spans the length of the boat. A sharply raked tinted windscreen stretches around the outside. Fuel-filler caps are inspired by the Series 1 XJ.

Jag didn't specify a powertrain for the speedboat, but we'd suggest the 5.0-liter supercharged V8 from the XKR and not the 2.2-liter diesel from the Euro Sportbrake.